Hi Mike,
Thank you for another informative video.
In your plant propagation video you mentioned coarse sand, I looked everywhere for it with no luck. After watching your video, ‘Plant Propagation Madness’, I could not wait to get started so, I decided to try a 50/50 mix of beach sand and peat moss, at first the results were not good, the soil was too packed, I decided to loosen up the soil with a wooden stick, this made all the difference, the soil is now very loose just as though I used coarse sand. I would say more than half of my cuttings rooted. Not bad for my first try. It is exciting to see roots at the end of a cutting especially a first timer. I enjoyed your videos so much I watched them twice, there is just too much information to take in.

What you learned is that the medium in which you use to root the cuttings can vary a great deal. As long as it doesn’t pack and or stay too wet. Believe it or not, you should be able to get 90% success on many things that you try and root.

Love your Video’s and Keep them coming. I know you have a video on starting Sand Cherry cuttings, but I can not find it. I tried burning bush cuttings in the July with no success . can I do some for over the winter in Gilford Ontario?.
Its to bad that we live so far apart from each other, because I would enjoy giving you a helping hand with anything.
Mike

Mike, I really enjoyed this one. Almost my entire family on my mother’s side, starting with my uncles and now in the third generation are in the nursery business in central Louisiana. I can remember back in the thirties and forties when they grew a lot of field plants and would dig and ball them. Haven’t seen that done in years. I went into the army at 18 and stayed until retirement and never got near the nurseries except for a visit. I still love to make cuttings from my plants (and from other folks plants also) I have one though that is baffling me. I had bought my wife a Lady Banks yellow and a white climbing rose and by golly haven’t been able to get them to root. any suggestions. alex

Thanks for the lesson, Mike. I have evergreen’s I need to move. Are they ever considered “dormant” at anytime of the year? You mentioned you could kill the tree if it’s not dormant. Any suggestions? I definitely do not want to kill these trees. I appreciate any information you can give me. Thanks again – Sue
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Tammy, that’s all smoke and mirrors. Any tree that is intended to be transplanted goes through a root developement program at the nursery. If it’s not a nursery grown tree, you dig it exactly as I did while the tree is dormant. If you dig a non dormant tree you will kill it.

Hi Mike’
This by far one of the best “how-to” videos you’ve made to date. The topic was covered thoroughly enough to get the important points across without being too long. Congratulations on getting through another Winter. The weather looks to be about three weeks ahead of what we’re experiencing here in Central Minnesota. Yes, I envy that fact, but, I’ll get over it.